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Nominet, the registry for the .uk ccTLD is in the news for its proposal to open up registrations for the English ccTLD and the second level, currently, only third level registration is available. So, the proposed change could allow domain.uk]] exist rather than domain.co.uk or domain.org.uk. The proposed registration policy changes to go along with the new space have already been responded to by Michele Neylon, of Irish registrar Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, as seeming to be heavily influenced by suggestions from law enforcement within the context of ongoing discussions in ICANN over the Registrar Accreditation Agreement.

Nominet is is also the selected registry provider for the proposed .wales and .cymru GeoTLDs, and it was also recently noted that the websites for the proposed new strings seem to feature poor Welsh grammar, and are possibly a product of Google translate or a similar service. Nonetheless, the company has previously promised to eventually expand beyond its English-centric operations to include an office in Wales with Welsh -speaking staff. Read More.. Nominet ... Lesley Cowley (CEO) ... .wales ... .cymru ... Michele Neylon

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